February 2016 Kent Happenings

February is here, so spring is almost near! Here you’ll find events in Kent taking place during February, and this post will be updated weekly. If you have an event you’d like to see here, please email us at [email protected]

Dates to Remember

Sun., February 14Valentine’s Day

Mon., Feb. 15 – Fri., Feb. 19 Kent School District President’s Break

Community Events

Pine Tree Park Sale Community Discussion Thursday, Feb. 4, 6:30-8:00 PM Pine Tree Park Elementary A neighborhood conversation to discuss the sale of Pine Tree Park and the reinvestment of the proceeds to the Park System.

Antics is a Los Angeles-based hip-hop dance theater company that creates multimedia urban dance performances. “Sneaker Suites” utilizes the expressiveness and virtuosity of street dance, as well as provocative poetry to tell the stories of sneakers: of those who make them, those who wear them, and those who dance in them. Partial Funding from WESTAF, National Endowment for the Arts, and Washington State Arts Commission

Antics is committed to participating in community education through exciting and engaging residencies, workshops, and lecture/demonstrations. The company will teach a street dance styles workshop on Thursday, February 4 from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. at Allegro Performing Arts Academy, 222 Central Avenue South, Kent. The workshop will include popping, bboying/bgirling (breakdancing), and hip hop choreography. All ages and all abilities are welcome, from complete beginner to experienced performer. A $15 on-site registration fee includes one complimentary ticket to the public performance on February 5. (Pre-registration is not necessary.)

Cost is $20.00 per person, and space is limited, so reservations are required by February 8th. Bring your special one to enjoy a cup of tea, light refreshments, and a special dessert of chocolate treats with a glass of red wine.

Learn what Living Brave is all about. Embrace your strengths and struggles, and take a fun and educational journey that will help you transform how you live, love, parent and lead. Susan Mann will be speaking, and the event will include dinner, refreshments, fun, interactive activities and an inspirational keynote speech. Proceeds from the event will benefit development of the myhealthmap.org portal for health activity and nutrition.

“A Fiddler’s Feast” brings two acclaimed duos together. Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, along with Jay Ungar and Molly Mason deliver everything from Scottish dance music to a wide range of American roots genres, and tunes ranging from poignant to sizzling.

Alasdair Fraser has been called “the Michael Jordon of Scottish fiddling” by the San Francisco Examiner. His concert and recording career spans 30 years, with a long list of awards, accolades, television credits, and performances on movie soundtracks (Last of the Mohicans, Titanic). Cellist Natalie Haas, a graduate of Juilliard School of Music, has helped Fraser return the cello to its historical role at the rhythmic heart of Scottish dance music.

Jay Ungar and Molly Mason achieved international acclaim when their performance of Ashokan Farewell became the musical hallmark of Ken Burns’ The Civil War on PBS. Jay and Molly are musicians of enormous talent who draw their repertoire and inspiration from a wide range of American music styles.

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